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Kenya's president William Ruto has vowed to restore calm "at whatever cost" after protesters stormed parliament and security forces opened fire, saying the debate over a controversial new tax bill has been 'hijacked by dangerous people'. The finance bill has failed to appease protesters even after the government backtracked on some of the initial proposals. 

Plus, Tesla has recalled more than 11,000 of its futuristic Cybertrucks over issues with windshield wipers and exterior trim.  

According to media reports, US federal prosecutors are recommending that the Department of Justice bring criminal charges against Boeing. They say the planemaker violated a deal that shielded it from prosecution over two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX jets. Plus, Apple has become the first tech giant to be charged under the EU's Digital Markets Act. The firm is accused of imposing unfair restrictions on developers in its App Store. 

Candidates for France's snap elections have defended their economic plans before the employers' federation Medef, though business leaders remain sceptical about how their various spending plans will be funded. Meanwhile, the French think tank Institut Montaigne has put a price tag on different parties' key election promises, from the ruling Ensemble bloc's tax-free bonuses, to the far-right National Rally's VAT cut on energy and fuel, to the left-wing New Popular Front's freeze on prices of essential goods. 

Representatives of major parties in the upcoming snap French legislative elections have pitched their economic plans at a meeting of France's top employers' federation, with the leftist New Popular Front coalition and the far-right National Rally delivering starkly different visions. FRANCE 24's Bryan Quinn takes a closer look.

The European Commission has recommended disciplinary action against France, as well as Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia and Poland, for running excessive budget deficits.The EU's Maastricht treaty requires member states to keep public debt below 60 percent and deficits below 3 percent of GDP. Plus, Nvidia has overtaken Microsoft to become the world's most valuable company, with $3.3 trillion in market capitalisation. 

Boeing's CEO David Calhoun has testified at a US Senate subcommittee investigating the planemaker's "broken safety culture". Relatives of some of the 346 victims of two fatal crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX also attended the hearing and heard the CEO directly apologise to them, while the panel grilled him about his plans to fix Boeing's manufacturing problems. FRANCE 24's Yuka Royer speaks to aviation and tourism expert Anita Mendiratta about the importance of whistleblowers.